Abstract
This paper estimates the change in China's exports and the change in US exports due to a one dollar increase in China's foreign reserves. The statistical technique used produces reduced form estimates that capture the influence of omitted variables without having to construct and estimate complex structural models. I find that in August 2000 China's accumulation of 621 million dollars of foreign reserves is correlated with China's exports increasing by 151 million and the US's exports falling by 628 million dollars. In contrast, in November 2016, China spending 69 billion dollars of its foreign reserves supporting the value of the yuan is correlated with China's exports falling by 4.77 billion and the US's exports rising by 2.42 billion. Donald Trump's accusation that China is suppressing the yuan exchange rate to help Chinese exports at the expense of US exports did not fit the facts between August 11, 2015 and December 31, 2016.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 55-63 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | International Journal of Financial Research |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2018 |
Keywords
- China's trade surplus
- Currency manipulation
- Fixed exchange rates
- The US's trade deficit
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business and International Management
- Accounting
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)